汤显祖

湯顯祖
Tāng Xiǎnzǔ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming dynasty playwright
  2. 2 author of The Peony Pavilion

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tāngxiǎnzǔ bèi yùwéi ' dōngfāng de Shāshìbǐyà '.
Tang Xianzu is hailed as 'the Shakespeare of the East'.
HSK 7-9
Tā de dàibiǎozuò 《 Mǔdān Tíng 》 zhìjīn réng zài wǔtái shàngyǎn.
His masterpiece The Peony Pavilion is still performed on stage today.

Tips

culture
Tang's 'Four Dreams of Linchuan' (临川四梦) - 牡丹亭, 紫钗记, 邯郸记, 南柯记 - define late-Ming romantic drama. He was a contemporary of Shakespeare; both died in 1616.

In Pop Culture

牡丹 Mǔdān Tíng
The Peony Pavilion
Tang's most famous play (1598), a love-conquers-death romance between Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei - the cornerstone of kunqu opera repertoire.

Stroke Order

tāng
xiǎn